14 killed as suicide bombers strike in Konduga, Borno state

At least 14 persons have been confirmed dead in a suicide attack in Konduga community, Borno state last night. According to reports, the blasts occurred at fish Market (Kasuwan kifi) In Sabon Gari, konduga town at 8pm as three bombers stormed the area and detonated IEDs, killing 14 civilian mostly children and injuring 60 people.
The remains of the victims have been deposited at the morgue while the injured victims are currently being treated at the state hospital.

Nigerian who ‘specialises’ in fraud and identity theft arrested by FBI

A Nigerian, Daniel Adekunle Ojo, has been arrested by the FBI in Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, and charged with fraud and identity theft offences.

Ojo, who had been in the US for 14 months, was arrested after he was linked to a phishing scheme that used an AOL and Gmail email accounts to target school districts in Connecticut and Minnesota in an effort to get employees’ personal information and file bogus tax returns.

 Ojo appeared before a US magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending his transfer to the District of Connecticut.

He was arrested in his Durham home. Authorities said Ojo entered the US in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.

BREAKING- NIGERIAN SENATOR BUKAR IBRAHIM ADMITS TO SCANDALOUS SEX VIDEO

Nigerian senator has owned up to a scandalous video that showed him dressing up in the presence of two women in a room, presumably after sex.
But Bukar Ibrahim, representing Yobe East Senatorial District, told PREMIUM TIMES in his first interview since the scandal broke that he had not committed any official wrongdoing and the video was only made public after attempts to blackmail him failed.
“This is a personal, private matter. What does my having been with a girl have to do with the public?
“You know the normal thing: people ask for unreasonable things, and if you deny them, they try to blackmail you if they have a way,” Mr. Ibrahim, a former governor of Yobe State, said Monday afternoon.
Sahara Reporters published the video on the Internet Sunday, and it quickly caught online.

INVESTING IN NIGERIA- 12 COUNTRIES TO BE HOSTED TO DISCUSS MINING OPPORTUNITIES

 

No fewer than 12 West African countries will assemble in Nigeria to deliberate on ways to develop the mining sector in the region, President, Miners Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Sani Shehu, has said.

Shehu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the countries would meet on July 5 to discuss their progress, challenges in the sector and areas that ECOWAS could assist them.
The association is organising General meeting of ECOWAS Federation of Chambers of Mines (EFEDCOM), he said.
EFEDCOM was formed by ECOWAS to advocate for effective policies to promote sustainable and responsible mining sub-region.

DINO MELAYE'S RECALL- INEC ANNOUNCES TIME TABLE

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a timetable and schedule of activities for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye, representing the Kogi West Senatorial District.

According to the timetable, the first step in the recall process, the notice of verification, will be held on July 10. The verification exercise will determine the validity of the voters who signed a petition demanding the recall of Mr. Melaye.

Nigerian Youths- Cultism and Its effects

Recently i read a piece by George Ibenegbu on what is Cultism and its effects, He stated that

One of an essential problems which are facing by Nigeria is cultism and as he said "Cultism in Nigeria has been a long-stand enemy that provided negative impacts on people."

Why are Nigerian Youths still adherent to Cultism?

 Cultism is the membership and operation of secret cults. It is involvement in cult activities. Secret cult is an extreme group where the members behave in ways that are not acceptable by society.

Cultism runs counter to the principles and practices of Nigerian Society and the effects of cultism are felt at the individual, family, societal, school, national, and international levels. 

NNPC- Steady diesel Price decline Nation wide a result of Intervention

 

The recent strategic intervention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which led to a 42 percent fall in the price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) popularly called diesel has continued to sustain the downward price across the country.
A national survey by Oil and Gas Forum, NNPC’s weekly TV programme, indicated that in the last few weeks, the price of diesel has fallen steadily from between N175 and N200 per litre as at June 18, 2017, to as low as between N155 and N160 per litre in some stations across the country as at last week.
The study showed that NNPC Mega Stations and its affiliates across the country sold the product for N160 per litre while many major and independent marketers in Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna, Onitsha, Enugu, Makurdi and most major cities were selling between N160 and N165 per litre.